Benny Sidelinger Cherry Street Americana UK [Video]

Trawling roots Americana with craft and no little skill.

Authenticity in a world full of fakes and AI-generated content is something we should treasure. On that basis “Cherry Street”, the first solo album from Benny Sidelinger, should be regarded as something of a minor classic for its stirring passion and delivery of a record which wears its love for the Americana genre proudly on its sleeve.

Sidelinger has been around the block down the years, both as a luthier and, more importantly, a contributor and performer with a variety of acts, not least the collaborative effort Po’ Girl with the great Allison Russell and his partnership with Phill Saylor Wisor in the Shiftless Rounders, both of which produced some excellent rootsy results.

Having had his craft honed by the legendary folkie Alice Wilson, Sidelinger is an Olympian in every sense – geographically as well as musically – the Washington state resident has obviously immersed himself in the roots of …